Births
- 1551 – William Camden (Magdalen, Broadgates Hall, and Christ Church), historian and topographer
- 1703 – James West (Balliol), antiquary and politician
- 1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (Christ Church), British Prime Minister 1782–1783
- 1865 – Percival Coles, rugby and cricket player
- 1900 – A.W. Lawrence (New College), Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge 1944–1951
- 1914 – George Piranian, American mathematician
- 1920 – John Boswall, actor
- 1932 – Ian Wilson (Magdalen), Australian politician
- 1938 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (Corpus Christi), King of Lesotho 1966–1996
- 1945 – Robert Cooter, American law professor
- 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (New College), German film director
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